Help me get my BJ42 roadworthy

[beejay42]

New top.... if cheap and in good condition probably?
If repairing, epoxy is much better than fiberglass. Fiberglass (or poly resin) doesn't like to stick to much, even itself. Epoxy sticks very well, to itself, most other things, even to poly resin. Also, epoxy resin is way more waterproof than poly resin.
I make my own body filler out of epoxy (epoxy with microballoons- I have a big wooden boat floating on the bay, so have had to learn all this stuff).
Luckily I haven't had the need to use that on this car yet.

 

[KOOTENAY KRUZER]

I second the epoxy, here in North America I would automatically have said JB Weld, don't know if you have it down there.

 

[lwheat]

went with the epoxy route. filled them up well. couldn't find a paint to match - so i may end up painting the whole top....

getting closer. and have some more time to work on it now as well. hopefully friday week.

 

[lwheat]

Long time follow up.

The colonel was my daily driver for a year or so after I got back from overseas until I had an encounter with a taxi.

Decided that I would take the opportunity to strip it down to the frame and see if I can't do a good restoration on this thing. It's almost all original, except for the seats and wheels.

First step was to get the bullbar off and see what the damage to the frame was.

With that done, the next step is to work on some of the panels - bonnet (hood) will be first.

The images earlier in the thread are gone. I'll try to put them back up when I get a chance.